Prince Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons

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Eugene Maurice of Savoy
Count of Soissons and of Dreux
Count of Soissons
Tenure 1656–1673
Predecessor Joseph Emmanuel
Successor Louis Thomas
Born (1635-03-02)2 March 1635
Chambéry, Savoy
Died 6 June 1673(1673-06-06) (aged 38)
Unna, Westphalia
Spouse Olimpia Mancini
Issue Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons
Prince Philippe
Louis Jules, Knight of Savoy
Emmanuel Philibert, Count of Dreux
Prince Eugene
Marie Jeanne, Mademoiselle de Soissons
Louise Philiberte, Mademoiselle de Dreux
Françoise, Mademoiselle de Dreux
Full name
Eugenio Maurizio di Savoia
House Savoy (Carignano branch)
Father Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano
Mother Marie de Bourbon

Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons (2 March 1635 – 6 June 1673) was a Franco-Italian nobleman and general. A count of Soissons, he was the father of imperial field-marshal Prince Eugene of Savoy.




Childer[edit]

  1. Prince Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons (1657–1702) married Urania de La Cropte and had issue.
  2. Philippe, "Abbot of Soissons" (1659–1693) never married.
  3. Louis Jules, Cavaliere of Savoy (1660–1683) killed at the Battle of Petronell against the Ottoman Empire.
  4. Emanuel Philibert, Count of Dreux (1662–1676) unmarried.
  5. Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736) famous general.
  6. Princess Marie Jeanne of Savoy (1665–1705) named after Marie Jeanne of Savoy, Duchess of Savoy, "Mademoiselle de Soissons".
  7. Princess Louise Philiberte of Savoy (1667–1726) "Mademoiselle de Dreux".
  8. Princess Françoise of Savoy (1668–1671) "Mademoiselle de Dreux".